"In this one-of-a-kind atlas, [General Stonewall] Jackson's map and dozens more - both archival and newly created - trace the battles, political turmoil, and defining themes of the nation's most pivotal conflict."-inside jacket.

Includes index.

Introduction : Mapping the war -- 1861, a change of flags : prelude to war -- 1862, war on a grand scale -- 1863, a harvest of death -- 1864, the landscape of war -- 1865, tightening the noose -- Appendix : Battles of the Civil War -- Appendix : Struggle for the heartland -- Appendix : The seat of war.